Mountain Keelback
Helicops angulatus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Helicops
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 10
- How common
- Common
About
Mountain Keelback (Helicops angulatus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana and 5 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 60 more. Common: recorded in 364 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Riverine Forest
- Gallery Forest
- Flooded Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Wet Savanna
- Grassland
Related snakes
- Helicops boitata
- Helicops phantasma
- Wied's Keelback Helicops carinicaudus
- Hagmann's Keelback Helicops hagmanni
- Brazilian Keelback Helicops infrataeniatus
- Norman's Keelback Helicops polylepis
- Peru Keelback Helicops yacu
- Tapajós Keelback Helicops tapajonicus
- Daniel's Keelback Helicops danieli
- Leopard Keelback Helicops leopardinus
- Shreve's Keelback Helicops pastazae
- Ladder Keelback Helicops scalaris
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.